Weekly Chamber Update on WNEG AM 630

Hello, this is Wendi Bailey, your Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President with your Weekly Chamber Update.  

Toccoa-Stephens County has lots of opportunity to attract tourists to our 12^th annual Currahee Military Weekend set for October 5^th-7^th, recently named the Best Downtown Event in Georgia. We need your help to invite your friends and family - proudly wear your red, white and blue, and help us show off our Currahee Military Museum and Camp Toccoa at Currahee.

As of right now, participating WWII veterans, who trained at Camp Toccoa, in the parachute infantry regiments include: Carl Beck, Ira Morehart, Ed Shames, Al Mampre, Robert Parks, Robert Wright, James "Pee Wee" Martin, and Mario Patruno.  They will be in the parade that begins after a parachute jump by the Special Forces Parachute Jump Team.  

Our Georgia National Guard Adjutant General Jim Butterworth is the special guest speaker at the Opening Ceremonies.  Robin Sink McClelland, daughter of Col. Robert F. Sink will be attending the weekend festivities and the speaker for the Banquet is Toccoa resident Major General James Guest who served as aide to General Richard Seitz who trained at Camp Toccoa.

The USO Hangar Dance will have the Dave Frye Quartet playing live 40’s music. And, on Saturday the parade will have the High School Indian Band. 

Listen every morning to am 630 WNEG for your chance to win tickets to the BBQ, Hangar Dance and even a Huey Helicopter ride. For a complete list of our events and sponsors, please visit www.toccoagachamber.com. 

Come celebrate the lives and contributions of the paratroopers who trained at Camp Toccoa on Currahee Mountain during WWII.  

I have a Few Announcements for you today:

• Our Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Celebration will be TODAY at Beverage World with Nic Patel and his team at 10am at their location on Big A Road across from the Java Station. 

• Don’t forget the NEGA job fair on the 21^st hosted by the DOL. There are over 78 employers and resource agencies registered thus far! It’s going to be huge!

·         Thanks to Angie Ramage and Kelly Vickers, the special spotlight on Lake Hartwell includes the Tugaloo Corridor. It will air on September 24th from 7pm-8pm on WYFF, Greenville, SC.  

• We’re excited about the Lake Hartwell 50^th Anniversary Art Exhibit at The Cornerstone! Bryan Westmoreland with assistance from our Tourism Committee will host the exhibit during the month of October.

• Next Wednesday is the Monthly Member Luncheon new location at BJ’s Restaurant’s new meeting room. Our new Chair Linda Scofield is encouraging you all to attend and bring a date next week!

We are a beautiful, strong, caring, patriotic, successful community – the best hometown in Georgia. Our community is special, and a place to be exceedingly proud of because you and your neighbors live here. You have, can, and will make a positive difference. As we work together to make it better, let’s also remember just how wonderful our community really is.

That’s your Weekly Chamber Update. I’m Wendi Bailey, your Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President.